While America Fires Its Gay Soldiers, Australia Has Concerns About Their 'Well-Being'
 
 

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Just to keep you up to date on how antiquated America's Don't Ask Don't Tell law is, not only do other nations like Germany, Israel, Argentina, and the United Kingdom allow gays to serve their countries openly, but at least one is going the extra step to make them feel utterly at home. The Australian Defence Force is pushing forward a two-day conference focusing on the needs of sexual minorities serving in the military. Now that "equality" is, like, just a passe topic with gays there serving openly, the conference will focus on health, family, and well-being. Really, well-being! Can you imagine America's armed forces caring about the well-being of its GLBT soldiers? Conservatives would just call that "babying."

 
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No. 1 · conrad

why are americans hell bent on joining the military when there has been recent photographic evidence showing american soldiers raping, sodomizing and torturing other male detainees in iraq. the us military is the epitomee of homophobia, anti-queer violence, and sexual violence.

fuck the us military. lets the straights have the military in all its disgusting inhumane degrading glory.

like they used to say in the 90s, "homosexual not homicidal, fuck the military!"

Posted: Jun 9, 2009 at 10:12 am
No. 2 · joe

I'm a moderate person but it just infuriated me when idiots like Conrad(above) equate the actions of a few to the whole military. Isn't that what they are doing to us and we fault them for comparing a few bad gay's to all of us. Conrad bitches about bigotry but then spews it himself. The only way we are going to prevail is to become ethically superior to the haters and abandon the haters in our own community, like Conrad and Perez

Posted: Jun 9, 2009 at 10:44 am
No. 3 · John Santos

Uh…Canada? You didn't need to go half way around the world to find an inclusive military. Canadian soldiers are even permitted to marry–on their bases!

http://tinyurl.com/kkw7ul

Posted: Jun 9, 2009 at 11:05 am
No. 4 · Jaroslaw

Joe #2 – I'll fess up right now I've not been in the military but I do read A LOT. Unfortunately it is not the actions of just a few, but your point is taken that it isn't everybody. However, the problem is A. Everyone knows going in you're not supposed to be Gay, they ask you repeatedly (I did almost sign up for the Air National Guard. (B). Problem 2 is how the upper brass handles issues. Remember Tailhook.

So, don't be so sensitive. This issue is a HUGE problem for the military.

Posted: Jun 9, 2009 at 1:00 pm
No. 5 · Richard in DC

I have always thought that heterosexual service members should be the most vocal opponents of DADT, because what the policy really states is that our Service Members suffer from such crippling fear and biggotry that they are unable to perform their duties in the presence of homosexuals; Which I believe is a very insulting thing to say to them.

Posted: Jun 9, 2009 at 2:28 pm
No. 6 · Luke

god i love my country, we just rock lol

Posted: Jun 9, 2009 at 9:46 pm
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